Lead Specialist Solution Engineer – Field Service - Health & Life Sciences

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Chicago, Washington -, New York -, Texas -, California -, Georgia, IL · Remote

Salesforce is seeking a Lead Specialist Solution Engineer for Field Service in the Health & Life Sciences industry. This role involves envisioning and presenting innovative Salesforce solutions, assessing business impact, configuring and demonstrating tailored solutions, and discussing solution architecture. The candidate will work closely with sales teams and product management, requiring strong technical and sales skills, and deep functional understanding of field service operations. While AI is mentioned as a company focus and a preferred qualification for specific use cases, the core of the role is solution engineering and sales support for the Field Service product.

What you'd actually do

  1. Evangelize Salesforce Field Service and Scheduler value to customers (including C-level executives and IT) and field sales teams
  2. Assess business and operational impact of technology adoption; deliver findings including key pain points, proposed solutions, and ROI
  3. Contribute to the development of technical sales strategy
  4. Configure and demonstrate visionary, tailored solutions that closely reflect each customer's unique business
  5. Discuss and propose solution architecture that includes field service components such as mobility, scheduling, optimization, inventory management, back-office integration, and workflow process definition

Skills

Required

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, or equivalent work experience
  • Deep functional understanding of field service operations and processes (work order management, scheduling, dispatch, mobile workforce, asset management)
  • Previous experience as a Sales Engineer or Architect for a CRM, ERP, or EAM company — preferably within the FSM domain
  • Excellent presentation skills with strong client-facing and consulting abilities
  • Application configuration experience (hands-on setup and configuration of CRM/FSM solutions)
  • Ability to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied environments
  • Ability to multi-task, thrive in a fast-paced team environment, work under tight deadlines, and take ownership of problems
  • Curiosity and energy — ability to understand customers' true pain points and apply solutions creatively to establish a differentiated architecture

Nice to have

  • Experience with Salesforce Field Service (Lightning), Service Cloud, and/or Experience Cloud
  • Understanding of the broader Salesforce platform and product suite
  • Field service management application experience: ClickSoftware, Microsoft Field Service, IFS, ServiceMax, Oracle TOA
  • Back-office / ERP system understanding: order management, asset management, work order management, warehouse management
  • Experience with or interest in AI, Agentforce, automation, and machine learning use cases in field service (e.g., Pre-Work Briefs, Voice-to-Form, Post-Work Summaries, AI-Based Scheduling)
  • Contact center or WFM solution experience (Amazon Connect, Genesys, Verint, NICE, Calabrio)
  • Basic experience with HTML/CSS, web technologies, or integration/API concepts
  • Willingness to travel (Less than 10%)